Senate roll call 142 · 41st Congress · Feb 3, 1870
To consent to the nomination of e. R. Hoar. (p. 357)
On Feb 3, 1870, the Senate voted 24–33. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–24, Democrats 0–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 41st Congress (1869–1870), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 3, 1870
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR voted no
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted no
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted no
- James Bruen Howell R-IA voted no
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS voted no
- John Spafford Harris R-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC voted no
- John Milton Thayer R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Willard Warner R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz R-MO
- Charles Daniel Drake R-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- George Henry Williams R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Waitman Thomas Willey R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Alexander Mcdonald R-AR
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Bruen Howell R-IA
- Edmund Gibson Ross R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- John Spafford Harris R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Jacob Merritt Howard R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- John Pool R-NC
- Joseph Carter Abbott R-NC
- John Milton Thayer R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Joseph Smith Fowler R-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- Homer Virgil Milton Miller D-GA
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- James Wilson Grimes R-IA
- Richard Yates R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Pitt Fessenden R-ME
- Daniel Sheldon Norton D-MN
- Ozora Pierson Stearns R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Daniel Tarbox Jewett R-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Hiram Rhodes Revels R-MS
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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